Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-15


In the outside towns of this county there
must have been about $50 daye of sleigh
ing.
The Fletcher Free Library will be glad
OF gifts of old numbers or volumes OF 81.
Nicholas, wide 4 make HtTpcr'S Young
PeOD or any other good children's maya
zine that can be bound aud used in the
public schools. Numbers or bound vol
umes of other magazines will be very &C
ceptable, especially Hnrpcr'S Magazine,
vol IS. June to November, 1852, Serb
ncr's Mdgdzinc, vol. 81, November, 1880,
to April, 1881, Century, vol. 2, May to DC
tober 1881 also copies of the library re-
ports for 1885 or city reports for that year,
and for 1873.
The annual meet of the American Ca
noe association is officially appointed to
take place at Bow Arrow Point, Hero
Island, Lake Champlain," August II to %.
There are about 600 members of the aSso.
citation, and there are usually from 200 to
300 present at thee annual meets. Gov.
Hill is a member of the Mohican Canoe
club of Albany, and says he has been al
most persuaded" by the Mohican boys to
spend his vacation at Bow and Arrow
Point when the. annual meet of the asso-
citation is held
At the annual meeting of st. Paul's
parish held Monday the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year Vestry-
men, LEG. b. Cannon, DR.. w. S. Webb,
ID. w. Robinson, II. w. Allen, G.. l.. Lins-
ley, H. H. Ross, Elias Lyman, William
Wells, H. l.. Ward senior warden, ID. W.
Robinson junior warden, H. w. Allen ;
delegates to diocesan convention, LEG. b.
Cannon, g. L. Linsley, William Wells,
Henry Wells, Walter Carpenter; alter
mates, j. A. Arthur, c. f. Allen, f. c..
Kennedy l., A. Drew, A b. Kingsland.
A. G. Whittemore has recovered all the
papers that were taken from his office. 1t
was decided to take from Mrs. Walch her
allowance of morphine, of which the
physicians say she consumes enough each
time to kill three men, and it was kept
from her until her sufferings became I'M
endurable, when she promised to tell where
the box was if the drug was restored to
her. She accordingly gave information
which led to it's discovery under the door
step of house in King street occupied by
one Williams, all the papers being found
intact. The woman is a wreck owing tC
the drug she is using, and she was bounC
over to the County Court for trial. Davis
was released on his own recognisance.
A meeting of gentlemen representing
various professions and business interest:
and all the Protestant churches and con
gregations, was held at the house of Pro
fessor Emerson on Friday evening, to con
slider the proposal of Mr.. Van Patten, It
found and endow an organization TO-
philanthropic charitable and educationa
purposes in this city, in harmony with ant
supplementary to the Young Mems Chris
tan association. Mr., Van Patten eX
planned some of the objects he had il
mind, in his proposed benefaction; ant
after Il general discussion a committee o
seven gentlemen was appointed to formu
late a definite plan for the organization
as follows: President NJ. II. Buckham
w. J. Van patten, f. w. Smith, ;. +. En-
erSon, f. p. Gould, l.. b. Lord, &. G
Benedict. The meeting adjourned t
meet at the call of the committee.
After the regular meeting of Gen, Wi
liam Wells Camp, No 10, Sons of Veter
ans, Tuesday evening an association Gale
the Sons of Veterans Cooperative Ban
of Burlington, was organized, with thu
following officers President, j. +. Fox
vice-president. f. H. Allen; secretary, G
w. Yale treasurer, H. S. Holton direC
tors, f. f. Dodge, f. l.. Thomas, ID.
Conner H. S. Phelps, W. c. Gilbert, G. +
: Wright, l.. l.. Marsh, +. f. Morse, w. H
Sherman, George E. Trick, f. +. Deal
| Frank r. Wells w. ID. Jordan, +. Beacl
| w. H. Fuller, Jr. The ASSOCIATION
planned after the Homestead Co-operativ
Bank of Boston. The object is to pre-
mote the interests of the order and make
good and safe investment for the men
bers. The bank will issue % shares fC
\ their first series and they are TO be hel
, only by members of the order OF Sons
4 Veterans.
The arrangements for the celebration
e Stannard Posts anniversary on April
which is also the anniversary of Ge
q Grants birthday are making rapid pro-
!. ress, and the occasion promises to be OF
o of unusual interest. The entertainers
: will be held in the City Hall, and the pr
:. gramme will include vocal and instr
v mental music, a camp fire story by Ge
n eral Henry and other literary exercise
The general committee Of arrangement
q consist of Commander K. II. Trick,
v Odcio, and o. p. Ray. NJ. Cunningham
! w. g. Schroeder, +. n. Peck and G.
y Gotta. The subcommittee are as follow
+ On invitation, G. Z. Beach and j. B. SCI
l. ly; on printing G.. q. Benedict and NJ.
h l.. Thompson on decorating hall, Villa
q Smith, A McGaffey, A. l.. Barrows, A
bert Munson, William Dunn aid Villa
Francis; on tickets. l.. j. Smith. II
y committee has requested of Mr.. X.
Z Walker the use of the opera hail.
l. How 1T Strikes Outsiders.
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